Heart-stopping video captured the horrifying moment a statue fell off a building in Naples and hit a young Prada manager square in the head, knocking her to the ground and killing her as her stunned boyfriend cried out for help.
Surveillance footage showed Chiara Jaconis, 30, walking through the heart of Naples on Sunday with her boyfriend, both with suitcases in tow on the way to the airport when the statue suddenly toppled, Newsflash reported.
The statue strikes Jaconis directly on the head, instantly knocking her to the ground and making a loud clanking sound.
Her horrified boyfriend, Livio Rousseau, 29, can be seen in the devastating footage stopping in his tracks as he yells out, “Chiara.”
He kneels beside her lifeless body while crying out, “Oh my God!” in Italian.
The video shows a panicked Rousseau rolling his girlfriend onto her back and screaming out in Italian for help.
An anguished Rousseau continues to cry and yell out for help, eventually sticking his arm up in the air, seemingly to try to get the attention of people passing by farther down the street.
At the end of the clip, another man can be seen joining Rousseau, placing a hand on his back while peering down at Jaconis’ lifeless body on the pavement.
Jaconis, originally from the northern city of Padua, was working her dream job as a manager for the luxury fashion house Prada, local media reported.
According to her LinkedIn profile, she managed 15 stores in the France-Monaco-Belgium region, where she worked on new product launches and market research.
Local authorities are investigating the incident, and have not ruled out manslaughter charges against those responsible for maintaining the statue.
